Effect of reductions in biomass fuel exposure on symptoms of sleep apnea in children living in the peruvian andes: A preliminary field study

Castañeda, Jacqueline L.; Kheirandish‐Gozal, Leila; Gozal, David; Accinelli, Roberto A.

doi:10.1002/ppul.22720

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“…All studies were of 3b evidence levels. A summary of the results observed is as follows: between highly versus less polluted environments, there were significant differences in snoring (25,26), initiating and maintaining sleep (20)(21)(22), sleep hyperhidrosis (20), difficulty breathing and apnea (21,23,27), and, for sickle cell anaemia children, mean and minimal nocturnal saturation (24). These results suggest an involvement (grade C) of environmental (not from voluptuary habits) pollution in the worsening of SDB in children.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Interestingly, two studies showed the beneficial effects of using less-polluting smoke stoves over SDB symptoms in children who were using before traditional smoke stoves (21,22 (26). Moreover, the geographical variation of SDB in children showed higher severity in the South part of the Varese Italian province, particularly in the Western zone close to the airport, matching the PM 10 and NO 2 distribution (27).…”

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“…Diagnosis of SDB was made subjectively (questionnaires) in six studies (20)(21)(22)(23)25,26) and objectively (instrumentation) in two studies, including otherwise healthy (27) or with sickle cell anaemia (24) children, respectively. Five studies quantified the environmental pollution, according to PMs and/or NO 2 (20,23,(25)(26)(27), or considered the possible differences between rural versus urban areas (24) or before/after indoor intervention (21,22).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, 7 papers were not in English, the preferred language. In the end, 8 studies were selected for our analysis (Table 1) (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27).…”

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“…In particular, four related studies concern indoor pollution sources (21)(22)(23)25) and four studies concern outdoor pollution sources (20,24,26,27) of which one was designed for children with sickle cell anaemia (24). Two studies showed reductions in SDB following successful air-quality homebased interventions (21,22). Three studies come from the same research team (21-23); but the places of the studies were not the same, so they evaluated different cohorts.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Indoor/outdoor not-voluptuary-habit pollution and sleep-disordered breathing in children: a systematic review

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Background: Exposure to environmental pollutants is advocated to be a major risk factor, with increased morbidity and mortality in humans due to acute and chronic airway inflammation. The aim of the present review is to show the literature research regarding the link between the sleep-disordered breathing and exposure to indoor/outdoor pollution in children. We hypothesized that environmental air pollution can play a role in childhood sleep-disordered breathing. Methods:We conducted an electronic search in Medline (with PubMed interface), Scopus and the ISI Web of Science using the keywords "sleep" or "sleep apnea" or "sleep disordered breathing" and "pollution" and "children" in "Title/Abstract/Keywords", with language restriction (non-English paper) and no date limitation to present. The tobacco smoke pollution is well established linking and is not considered for the present subject. We examined the strength of the evidence according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence- Results: A total of 105 articles were identified, but 97 of these had to be excluded after an accurate reading of the title, abstract or full text. In the end, eight studies were selected for our analysis for a total of a total of 5,826 children. The results suggest an involvement (grade C) of environmental (not from voluptuary habits) pollution in the worsening of sleep-disordered breathing in children.Conclusions: To date, some studies reported significant differences between areas with higher and lower pollutants and the interventions on indoor pollution reduced sleep-disordered breathing in children.Therefore, although the relevance of the argument is high, the number of studies and the interest in the subject seems at this time quite limited.

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“…Moreover, 7 papers were not in English, the preferred language. In the end, 8 studies were selected for our analysis (Table 1) (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27).…”

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confidence: 99%